Swagger stick



W. BREWER SWAGGER STICK Filed April 24, 1924 INVENTOR:

' ATTORNEYS.

Patented Feb. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES WALPOLE BREWER, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

SWAGGER STICK.

Application filed April 24, 1924. Serial No. 708,799. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALroLE BREWER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swagger Sticks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention broadly relates to swagger sticks or canes, but it more especially comprehends atype adaptable for use in connection with athletic events such as football games, baseball games, and the like.

A principal object of this invention is to provide a swagger stick which in addition to its normal use, is also adaptable as a pennant or color bearing staff.

A further object is to provide a swagger stick embodying novel means for readily attaching pennants, ribbons, flags, etc, thereto, so that it may be susceptible of use as a staff or support for college colors or emblems, and without detracting from or changing its normal appearance, so that when not so employed it may be used in its conventional manner.

With these and other objects in view, which will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures, of which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved swagger stick, showing ribbon or ribbons attached;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective detailed view of the attaching means, illustrat ing the parts operatively positioned and showing the ribbons in dotted outline; and

Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2 showing the ribbon securing means detached.

I am aware that various means have been employed for effecting the display of pennants, ribbons, flags and the like, during college games, parades and similar events, but in most cases they were clumsily secured to unsightly and awkward staffs and canes, which were unwieldy and dangerous in congested assembla es of people, and it was to overcome such eficiencies, and to provide a simple, neat and inexpensive means for effecting the fiaunting of college colors and the like, that I evolved after much experimentation, the swagger stick and novel ribbon attaching means forming the subject matter of this invention.

In the illustrated embodiment characterizing this invention there is shown a swagger stick 10 the lower end of which is adapted to be forced into the ferrule 11 and firmly secured thereto by theinwardly projecting lugs 12 or other suitable fastening means, carried by the said ferrule. The ferrule is also provided with an opening 13 internally threaded to receive the externally threaded portion 14 of the tip 15, the said portion 14 being provided with a sharp point 16 adapted to pierce a ribbon or other fabric material 17 which is held firmly between the shoulder 18 and the end of the ferrule, as at 19, when the tip 15 is operatively positioned.

In order that the peripheral edges of the tip 15 and the ferrule 11 may contact evenly at all points with the ribbon 17 when the parts are engaged as shown at 19, the lower or taper end of the said ferrule 11 is concaved as at 20 to accommodate the extra thickness of material immediately surrounding the portion 14 occasioned by the piercing operation.

From the foregoing, it is apparent that I have designed a novel combination swagger stick presenting a variety of uses, and while I have found the form of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings and referred to in the above description efficient and practical, yet realizing the conditions concurrent with the adoption and manufacture of the device will necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize that various minor changes in details of construction and arran ement of parts maybe resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from or sacrificing any of the principles of this invention.

Having thus described my invention what I desire protected by Letters Patent is as set forth in the following claims:

1. In combination with a swagger stick,

a ferrule concaved at its outer extremity secured to the lower end of said stick, a tip embodying ribbon piercing means, said means also adapted for engagement with the ferrule to secure a ribbon between the ferrule and tip.

2. A swagger stick provided with a ferto threadedly engage the said ferrule to serule concaved at its lower end and embodycure the said fabric material between the ing a detachable tip, said ferrule also being ferrule and tip at right angles thereto.

provided with a threaded aperture,=said tip WAELPOLE BREWER. 5 being formed with a pointed lug or .projec Witnesses:

tion adapted to pierce a flexible or fabric B. H. MORLEY,

material and when operatively positioned, (Miss) BEATRICE LANDRUM. 

